If you think enlightenment is some particular thing which you can reach for or which you can attain, sometimes you will be discouraged. If...

The problem is you are trying to do something, that is the trouble. Or if you do not understand what it is, you think nothing results or no...

Even though we say “just sit,” to understand what it means is rather difficult, maybe. Dogen Zenji left us many teachings to explain what i...

We court the vales of 'no-thing' and find  the plains of Heaven:   Steve Frost cuke page

To Danny Parker on the left who just received transmission from Ed Brown on Sunday, September 24, 2023.  Danny Parker on Cuke   Ed Brown cuk...

You know, when your practice is not good, you are a poor buddha [laughs]. If your practice is good, you are good buddha. And poor and good ...

When it is hot, you should be hot buddha. When it is cold, you should be a cold buddha. But this is a very direct understanding of the stor...

The Asking: New and Selected Poems by Jane Hirshfield The long-awaited new and selected collection by the author of “some of the most impor...

Tonight I want to explain shikantaza . We say “just to sit.” What does it mean, just to sit? A monk asked a Zen master, “It is very hot. H...

  Philip Asks Me the Big Question Ken Ireland cuke page and here's a bonus post by Ken with Phillip Whalen thanks Katrinka